Betfred Sprint Cup

[brockguy]

Hellvelyn

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by brockguy

Hellvelyn

Wow, he's getting popular!

People on two other forums picked him this morning and there's a piece on Sporting life....
http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...al_130305.html


Hmmm. I think he's in over his head but good luck!!!

(Pretty boy).

GO RED CLUBS AND AL QASI!

NCTD asked me to post this....

"Clubsy" won the race, and well done to MMSC...you won the bet

[my miss storm cat]

Red Clubs!!!

Thanks for posting it, Snowdrops..... THRILLED!

Clubs, Merchand 2nd and Balthazaar.... good boy 3rd!

YEA!!!

(Al Qasi was a non-runner)

Saturday September 8 2007
Haydock 15:10 - Result
Betfred Sprint Cup (group 1)
£298092 added, 3yo plus, 6f, Class 1, £179027 penalty, 14 ran
Going: Good to Firm, Good in places Winning Time: 1m 13.11s


17:15 Pos. Dr. Dist. Horse Wt Jockey Trainer Age SP
1 6 Red Clubs (IRE) 9-3 M Hills B W Hills 4 9/1
towards rear, ridden and headway over 1f out, led inside final furlong, ran on strong opened 10/1 touched 11/1 £5000-£500 Each Way £4500-£500 Each Way
2 1 ¾ Marchand D'or (FR) 9-3 D Bonilla F Head 4 13/2
towards rear, headway over 2f out, led 1f out, soon edged left inside final furlong, not pace of winner opened 7/1 touched 11/2 £3000-£390
3 7 ½ Balthazaar's Gift (IRE) 9-3 J Fortune L M Cumani 4 11/1
stumbled start, behind, ridden and headway over 1f out, ran on opened 14/1
4 14 1¼ Mutawaajid (AUS) 9-3 D Holland M R Channon 4 33/1
chased leaders, ridden over 1f out, one pace opened 40/1
5 2 nk Sakhee's Secret 9-1 S Drowne H Morrison 3 11/8 f
chased leaders, headway over 2f out, one pace opened 5/4 touched 6/4 £1500-£1000 (x4) £600-£400 (x2) £11000-£8000 (x2) £1375-£1000 (x2) £1100-£800 (x4) £687-£500 £550-£400 £1250-£1000 (x2) £1000-£800 £625-£500 £500-£400 (x3)
6 12 1 Asset (IRE) 9-3 L Dettori R Hannon 4 6/1
behind, ridden 2f out, headway over 1f out, stayed on opened 7/1 touched 15/2 £4000-£500 Each Way £7000-£1000 £6000-£1000
7 9 nk Wi Dud 9-1 D O'Donoghue K A Ryan 3 33/1
awkward start, mid-division, ridden over 2f out, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, weakened inside final furlong
8 10 2½ Scarlet Runner 8-12 S Sanders J L Dunlop 3 66/1
mid-division, ridden 2f out, one pace final furlong touched 80/1
9 15 2½ Somnus 9-3 R Mullen T D Easterby 7 100/1
towards rear, pushed along halfway, ridden over 1f out, no impression
10 3 nk Advanced 9-3 P Cosgrave K A Ryan 4 100/1
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakened 2f out
11 11 2½ Sierra Vista 9-0 P Hanagan D W Barker 7 50/1
led, ridden over 2f out, headed over 1f out, soon weakened
12 5 1½ Amadeus Wolf 9-3 N Callan K A Ryan 4 16/1
chased leaders, ridden 3f out, weakening when not much room over 1f out
13 13 nk Per Incanto (USA) 9-1 Martin Dwyer J L Dunlop 3 20/1
always towards rear, weakened over 1f out
14 16 ½ Hellvelyn 9-1 T E Durcan B Smart 3 15/2
mid-division, ridden over 1f out, weakened final furlong opened 10/1

Non-Runners
NR Al Qasi (IRE) 9-3 K McEvoy P W Chapple-Hyam 4
NR Fayr Jag (IRE) 9-3 T Eaves T D Easterby 8


Tote Win: £11.60 Tote Place: £2.90,£1.80,£4.00
Straight Forecast: £64.66 Exacta: £103.30 Trifecta: £3655.50

[my miss storm cat]

Katy dear, let me know if you wanna help me come up with a nice tagline for No Chance....

Something nice about our boys in blue.

Originally Posted by my miss storm cat

Katy dear, let me know if you wanna help me come up with a nice tagline for No Chance....

Something nice about our boys in blue.

Ha, hmmmmm, I'll try to think of something :P.

[NoChanceToDance]

Well done to Clubsy, 10/1 was a massive price about such a consistant horse in any grade. I had a small each way bet on him.

I'm more disappointed with Haydock Park than i am with Sakhee's Secret to be honest, i suppose you have seen some of the articles written about what the track had done. All the trainers were fuming about it, EVEN Barry Hills who trains Red Clubs, and when a winning trainer is disappointed there must be something wrong.



From RP.....

Published: 09/09/2007 (Sport) By Tom O'Ryan and David Carr
THE red-hot issue of racecourse watering triggered scenes of anger at Haydock yesterday, when trainer Hughie Morrison accused the track of drastically altering ground conditions and causing the defeat of his Betfred Sprint Cup favourite Sakhee's Secret.
Just two days after Warwick was forced to abandon five races after last-minute watering went drastically wrong, Haydock - owned, like Warwick, by Jockey Club Racecourses - found its prestigious Flat fixture swamped in controversy.
A number of other trainers echoed Morrison in attacking Haydock, including Barry Hills, for whom the Sprint Cup success of Red Clubs was not enough to alter his opinion that the racecourse had drastically erred.
Having been advertised midweek as good to firm, prompting Peter Chapple-Hyam to scratch Dutch Art due to fears about fast ground, Haydock's turf was officially reported yesterday as good to firm, good in places, the change in conditions a result of watering.
However, many trainers and jockeys insisted that the racing surface was actually much softer, while racetimes suggested that the ground was no faster than good, with Red Clubs failing to go under Racing Post standard time in the Group 1 feature.
"It's loose and it's overwatered," fumed Morrison, whose 11-8 favourite finished fifth under Steve Drowne.
"Steve said he knew after a furlong that he was struggling to go on it. He wants good to firm ground, which is what I thought we were getting.
"And what about all the punters out there? It's what they thought we were getting. If I were Peter Chapple-Hyam, I'd be furious."
Referring to Haydock's clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright, Morrison said: "He promised he wouldn't overwater, and what has he done?"
Speaking before Red Clubs's victory, Hills voiced his frustration that conditions were not nearly as quick as the official description.
"It is soft, on the slow side of good - it has been overwatered," he said.
"It has got no life in it at all, and I'm very disappointed. If you go out there and look at it, it is certainly not good to firm.
"They are overwatering these tracks in a big way - they did it at Salisbury the other day, they made a mess of Warwick on Thursday and they overwatered at Chester last Saturday.
"I don't know why, when you get the wettest summer on record, people can't be a bit sensible, use some common sense and do things cautiously."
Other trainers to be upset were Bryan Smart and Jim Goldie, the latter saying: "It is dead ground - typical watered ground."

[NoChanceToDance]

Also from RP

by Rodney Masters
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SHEIKH HAMDAN AL MAKTOUM'S racing manager Angus Gold has accused Haydock of irresponsible behaviour and misleading owners and trainers over the going for the £300,000 Betfred Sprint Cup.

Gold said that the British Horseracing Authority would receive a letter expressing the owner's anger over the condition of the ground on Saturday, while criticism of the accuracy of clerk of the course Kirkland Tellwright's going report and his watering policy continued from many trainers.

However, there was dissent from some of their colleagues, including Peter Chapple-Hyam, who was left without a runner due to ground conditions, while Tellwright again defended his actions.

Saturday's controversy came just 48 hours after Warwick was abandoned in controversial circumstances with overwatering also blamed.

Sheikh Hamdan, one of the world's most successful owners, paid £17,500 to supplement Per Incanto, his recent expensive purchase from Italy, to the Group 1 contest, but he was told by Richard Hills on theeve of the race that the colt had no chance of winning because the ground had been overwatered.

Gold said from Kentucky on Sunday night that both he and Sheikh Hamdan were bitterly disappointed that Haydock had watered again on Thursday, the day of the final declaration, after he had been assured the ground would be on the fast side.

“I'm never one to point blame, but I believe Haydock acted irresponsibly in this matter and we've been badly misled,” said Gold. “I shall express our view in a letter to the BHA.

“As Per Incanto had been supplemented, I'd expect Haydock would face a claim for compensation had the colt been owned by anyone than Sheikh Hamdan.

“However, the matter goes far beyond the supplementary issue because we're attempting tomake a stallion out of Per Incanto, and obviously a Group 1 like the Betfred Sprint Cup is vitally important in that respect.” After Per Incanto's British debut when he finished sixth on good to soft ground in the Hungerford Stakes, Hills advised connections to run him on fast ground in the future.

Gold added: “Haydock assured us the ground would be good to firm, so we declared to run at the 48-hour stage, but they'd decided to water that day.
Richard rode at Haydock on Friday and he rang us in Kentucky that night and said we'd no chance whatsoever because they'd overwatered, and we're wasting our time.

“I rang Kirkland Tellwright, and he said that was the opinion of our jockey, the ground was officially good to firm, good in places.Under the circumstances, I feel we've been badly misled by Haydock.”

Hughie Morrison, whose Sakhee's Secret was beaten favourite in the race, echoed Gold's comments and added: "In view of this I think there should be an official BHA inquiry into its representation of the facts, and that from now on all trainers' conversations with clerks should be taped."

Bryan Smart, whose Hellvelyn trailed in last of 14 on Saturday, also remained upset.

He said: “What were they playing at? Nobody in their right mind puts that amount of water on at this time of year.

“It was false ground, it was cutting up - for him to say it was good to firm, good in places and not change it was ridiculous.”

Mick Channon was also vociferous in his criticism of ground conditions, despite his Mutawaajid running a big race to finish fourth.

He said: "We knew on Friday the ground was on the soft side of good and it is absolutely ludicrous they have left it at good to firm, good in places."

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I'm really disappointed with Haydock Park at the moment. It was meant to be a really competitive race, but because of overwatering the ground it was raced on a slow surface. Most horses were unsuited by it.

As you can see from this article above, almost every trainer was left disappointed and upset.

This overwatering policy needs to stop, and it needs to stop now. Warwick had to be abandoned on Thursday because they had overwatered a part of the track that was flooded only about five weeks ago!! It amazes me how stupid these people can be.

They say they are trying to maintain safe ground, but overwatered ground is probably the worst ground from a safety point of view.

I don't want this to detract from Red Clubs win, he deserved it after all his good efforts this year, but no offence to him, even Barry Hills would be the first to admit that Red Clubs didn't really deserve to turn the form around with Sakhee's Secret. I was lucky that i bet Red Clubs, but there would have been thousands of punters out there who would have backed Sakhee's Secret because of the "good to firm" ground. If Haydock had been honest and said the ground was "good to soft", make no mistake, Sakhee's Secret would have been declared a non runner.

The slow ground inconvenienced so many horses, and Haydock should be punished severely for miss leading both punters and trainers.

[my miss storm cat]

Don't forget our bet..... shall I post three taglines and let you pick one for a day?